Bur rather than talk about it or fight, the 49ers dissected the Panthers pass-rushers on tape, and neutralized them throughout the game.

Pro Bowl defensive end Greg Hardy, who had 15.0 sacks in the regular season, had none Sunday, and neither did linemate Charles Johnson on the other side.

“I studied every single game he played this season, every single pass rush he had, to figure out what kind of counter-moves he had,” left tackle Joe Staley said of Hardy. “It wasn’t like I pitched a shutout – he got around me and got some hits on our quarterback. But overall I felt like we did a good job on him. . . .

“I wanted to get my hands on him quick to see how he would counter because I felt like I had a bead on him. There were a couple of times he tricked me, but this was about coming with a game plan.”

By giving Colin Kaepernick time, the 49ers were eventually able to get something going in the air, and without the pressure up front, the weaknesses in the Panthers secondary were finally exposed.

The same hawks team that got 4 picks against the cards and lost, at home? The hawks O has been abysmal and the saints defense beat them up. Golden rate didn’t catch another ball and stopped running his mouth after getting blown up on that slant, and we all know about percy.

Right….it was all the officials fault Carolina couldn’t pound it in from the 1 yard line not once but twice. All their fault they had no answer for Boldin. All their fault the Panthers have no run game at all which is critical to win in the post season.
Give it a rest. Carolina came out too jacked up and took stupid undiciplined penalties early. Yes, Boldin should have been flagged for the headbutt since they called the one on the Panthers dude running his mouth earlier. I’ve never seen a team that’s accomplished so little talk so much. They got what they asked for when you come out like that and try to intimidate by being stupid physical instead of playing smart and hard. Deal with it.

I am sick of this complaining about the refs. The Panthers came out trying to bend the rules to see what they could get away with and it backfired. The refs sniffed it out. That headbutt call against Carolina was a sissy @$$ call but other than that they earned ALL those calls. Had the ball INSIDE THE ONE TWICE!!! GTFOH!

Panther fans: Keep making all the excuses you want about how all the calls went against Carolina and in favor of the Niners. Whatever makes you feel better while you’re watching the Niners/Seahawks in the NFC Championship game.

Kind of like that call with 5:19 left in the 4th when Carolina was in great position to even up the game and Dan Skuta sacked Cam Newton but got a 15 yard penalty for a helmet-to-helmet hit on the QB. Then, the very next play, Newton threw the game-losing interception right to Whitner?

You mean that penalty that clearly went in the Niners favor and won the game for the Niners?

The Panthers got taken off their game by the overly bad officiating in the first half, plain and simple. In the first half, the Panther defense was dominating, but you can’t let things like the bad calls affect you, and the offense has to punch it in when they are that close to the end zone, especially considering their limited weapons on offense.

The kraken!!! Lol. Was shut down. I guess he wasn’t an angry enough player on Sunday All that talk about Kap having a long day and breaking faces and all that. That’s a joke. The better team won, get over it.

What a whiney bunch in N.C. and Seatown. Why don’t you talk about the poor play calling?

Also, these Panthers came out acting like the big bullies chipping and talking trash. Anquon decided to give it back all day, and let tell you, I didn’t see those brisk backs talking to much Schnizzle late in the game.

Scoreboard!

Now Seattle this is what we both were hoping for. Sure I’d rather play in SF, but am psyched to play you anywhere!

“That game we weren’t ready for it,” 49ers guard Alex Boone said of the Panthers’ pass rush

Translation: “We bought into the national hysteria that the Panthers were a fraud and we thought all we had to do was put our cleats on the right feet and we would roll the Panthers 49-0. ”

And the refs… Did the refs decide the game? No. The 49ers made better halftime adjustments and played great D around the goal line and earned the win. But it won’t hurt you to admit there was a decided advantage – such as Boldin getting away with the same head-butt the Panthers got called for, and the refs deciding to not enforce the 12 men in the huddle penalty on the TD right before halftime.

The Panthers were and are a good team and the 49ers lack of respect for them is disgusting. You got the win and deserved it, but it’s not too much to show a little respect to a team that beat you once and played you even the first half of the rematch.